Combination mold and shipping-container for lubricants.



- Larga citizen of theUnited- States,

oneness HENRY sHEAsLEY,

fCOMBINTION `MOLD AND SHIPPING- 1,17'7,45'1. Y p i Application inea retruary 15, 1915, serialA No. 8,2

To all whom it may concern.' y

W `Be it `known that I, CHARLES4 SHEAS- residing atFranlrlin, in the county of `Venango and State of Pennsylvania, haveY invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cornthis 1 furthermore, p

which the lubricant `must be subjected 1n e specification'.

l only lnvolves 4unnecessary labor `for immediate use,

blnaticn Molds and Shipping-'Containers for Lubricants, of which ,the following is a The objecticonstruction and utility of this invention `are herein set-'forth with suiiicient clearness to enable those skilled in the artto which itimost nearly relates, to make and use the same;

-` The lubricant, for the molding of which combination mold and container is intended, must be hard in order to be durable and to retain the form in which it is tobe applied.` Large quantities of such lubricants" are used tolubricatethe journals or axles of plied" in lubricating devices of the typede* scribed `in e Letters-Patent` of thev United Heretofore, bythe manufacturers of the same in bulk, and `is usually put up for shipment in barrels "or other similar containers.; the user then shapesthe lubricantfby means of a press into cakes rof suitable form to fit the lubricant container of the lubricating device byumeans of Whichthe lubricant is practica y forming the solid lubricant into cakes not of material;

tion `thereto it causes waste pressure' to the amount of order to properly' shape it alters the characteristicsof the lubricant toits detriment, which alteration is evincedby a continuous and perceptible Vexudation therefromY of desirableror essential elements. v Itis therefore the object of this invention to provide means wherebyy said lubricant may beproperly molded without the/appli-V. cation of pressure theretofaud'so .that the` lubricant may be dehvered, mths' beat rosand condition, to the cone-'amer sible shape A e and which, at the ,same

time Will be free from the other'objections mentioned.` l

The ,way in whoa r mais les objects will now be Set forth, reference being made Specification of Letters Patent.

the driving Wheels ofl locomotives, being apl applied. This pressingfmethod of` CONTAINER non LUnnIoANtrs.

rai-eared Marlies, rara. 65. Renewed February 15, 1916. Serial Nn. 78.533.-

to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and in which;E

lgure lT is a perspective view of my coniblnatlon mold and shipping container with the end removed to showl, the construction more clearly; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said mold and container with its cover, `one end of the same being removed to show the lubricant therein; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a molded cake of lubricant; and Fig 4 'is a transverse section of a lubricating device by means of` which the lubricant is applied to the aXle of the driving wheels of a locomotive. g

In the manufacture of theV lubricating material in question, and during andl up to the completion ofthe compounding of same, Ait is subjected to heat and is in a iiuid or semi-fluidstate, but solidiies upon cooling. VVhen` said compound is in such fluid or Isemi-fluid state, it is poured into the coinbination mold and shipping container 1, whereitis permitted to cool to a normal temperature and assumes a solidified state.

Fig. 2 shows the container with the lu= bricant 2 i'n it, and Fig. 3 shows a cake of lubricant removed from the mold prepara tory to placing it into the lubricantreceptacle 3 of the lubricating device shown 1n Fig. 4.

Itwilly beV noted that said combinatin mold and shipping container l is, in. form, a counterpart of said receptacle 3, so that the cake 2 of lubricant formed therein fits closely` into, and conforms truly to the shape of said receptacle 3 of the lubricatingr de vice; the principal characteristicof the shape ofsaid molded cake of lubricant is that the cakeA possesses a cross-sectional or transverse counterpart vof the ultimate containerandpreferably'hasa concW'fac-e, as indicated' at 4, to conform tof'tle up' `perforated virali 5 of the lubricant recepita thus ypresenting an extended surface to the vaxle 6, for the etlicient appt-cation of lubricant thereto. It will be eadily noted that, for the purpose of giving to sg'id cake rof lubricant Said concave surface, said mold l is providedwith a correspondinglveshaped wall or bottom 7 which is preferably sup plementary to`- the main bottom .8 of the y Qcontainfer.` The object of said double-bottorn colistruction is to better adapt the mold asfa shipping container for thelubricant;

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also for the purpose of better attaining this same end, said container is provided with a cover 9, as shown in Fig. 2. j The combination mold and shippingcontainer of the form here shown may be constructed of any suitable material, but that preferably employed is strawboard or heavy paper, which maybe stripped from the cake of lubricant and discarded 'when the lubricant is `placed in service.

While the above description is conned to the formation of a cake of lubricant vwhich is, las a whole, a counterpart of its ultimate container, it is equally within the scope of my invention to mold a cake of lubricant which is a cross-sectional or transverse counterpart ofthe ultimate container, and to cut the same yinto suitable lengths to be' received by' said container.

What .is claimed is yl. A combination mold and shipping receptacle for a filler for .the lubricant container of a lubricating device, which filler is normally a solid, said mold and container consisting of a rectangular receptacle adapted to receive said lubricant when in a liquid state, having a convex bottom and being in form a counterpart of said container.

plementary convex bottom, adapted to receive a Huid lubricant and to mold. the same into a-solidiiedbody which is a counterpart ot' anultimate container for said lubricant, and a. cover for said receptacle.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence 'of two witnesses.

CHARLES HENRY SHEASLEY. Witnesses:

4 MARY B. Ecnnu'r, E. R. INMAN. 

